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Winter Term, 9 weeks, begins on Tuesday, January 2, 1900; ends Friday, March 2.
Spring Term, 16 weeks, begins Monday, March 5; ends Friday, June 29. Vacation one week, ending April 7.
HOLIDAYS.
Every Saturday; Washington's Birthday; Patriots' Day; Memo- rial Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving and the day follow- ing.
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Graduating Class of 1898. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23. "MAINTAIN THE RIGHT." MUSIC. Selections from Lady Slavey. Gustave Kerker
ORCHESTRA.
PRAYER. REV. W. A. HADLEY
CHORUS. "Song of Welcome." THE SCHOOL
SALUTATORY AND ESSAY. "I trust my sword, I trust my steed, { But most 1 trust myself at need." SARAH PERSIS HASKELL
ESSAY. "Opportunities for Acquiring Education." MINNIE MABEL THOMPSON
ESSAY. "Civilization in Education." NELLIE GERTRUDE STREETER ESSAY. "The Growth of Great Cities."
JOSEPH TREPHILE BLANCHARD
ESSAY. "Warrior Women of History." - EMILY MAUD HAYNES LUCY CARLETON REED
ESSAY. "Instinct." ESSAY. "Visions." HARRY CLIFTON ROSE
ESSAY. "Echo." JESSELYNE MAY GREEN
ESSAY. "Advertising." ELIZABETH CECILIA KELLY FSSAY. "Political Youth of To-day." - FREDERICK GEORGE HALL QUARTETTE. "Return, Soft, Gentle Evening." - Emerson MESSRS. MCKINSTRY, SANDERS, CHAMBERLIN, MORSE.
ESSAY. "Superstitions." RUTH EMILY CHAMBERLAIN MABEL ALICE MARCY ESSAY. "The Calendar." -
ESSAY. "A Look Ahead." FRANK SHELDON MORSE
ESSAY. "Be Yourself."
- AMITY BLANCHE ANGELL
ESSAY. "The Twentieth Century Girl." ALICE MAUD SANDERS ESSAY. "National Monuments." - CLARENCE ALEXANDER HALL
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ESSAY. "Contentment." - EDITH GRACE DOUGHERTY ESSAY. "Character." ETHEL SEAVEY TRIO. "Ebb and Flow." - King MISSES DOUGHERTY AND DOUTY.
ESSAY. "Success and Its Achievement." WILLIAM JAMES HENRY
ESSAY. "Ripples from a Pebble." MAUDE ESTELLE VARNER
ESSAY. "Nobleness." BELLE MARIA COOPER
ESSAY. "Our Heritage." CLIFFORD FORREST CHAMBERLAIN
*ESSAY. "Progress of Science." - ROBERT WOODWARD SANDERS *ESSAY AND VALEDICTORY. "Mythic Fancies." FLORA MAE WELD CHORUS. "Joy, Joy, Freedom To-day." THE SCHOOL - PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS BY CHAIRMAN OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE. MARCH. "America Forever."
ORCHESTRA. - Shroeder
BENEDICTION.
Music. National Airs Selection. - Beyer ORCHESTRA. *Excused.
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Class Poem 1898.
Kind friends. there stands upon this stage No great, renowned poetic sage. But one who in a humble way, Would sing a reminiscent lay That you may know about the great. The glorious class of "Ninty-Eight.
The years we've spent within these walls Have helpful been to one and all,
So wise we proved ourselves and sage, Our teachers thought the Golden Age Returned to the abodes of men, And Saturn our great king again.
In ninety-four we entered school, Assigned to room where Freshmen rule: With algebra we struggled then, We'er glad we don't have it again: To Botany attention paid, And far and wide the fields surveyed.
Our spring thus finished, summer came, Soph'mores, wise fools, we then were named: With Cæsar we great conquests made And towns and fields in ashes laid. Then what with Greek and Physics too. We had as much as we could do.
Our third year like an autumn day. Swiftly. swiftly sped away. On Cataline we heaped abuse, His wickedness had no excuse. At Cunaxa we fiercely battled, In French, avec plaisir, we prattled.
Teachers, with us your work is o'er. We leave you to return no more: Our failings in the past forgive, Let no unkind remembrance live. But may you all recall with cheer The days when "Nine-Eight" was here.
To you, schoolmates, who will return, Our good advice pray do not spurn. Each task perform with thoughtful care. Your teachers' confidence to share. Avoid the faults: but imitate Whate'er was good in "Ninety-Eight."
APPENDIX.
Summary of Educational Laws.
(From circular issued by State Board of Education, Dec. 1898.) Changes concerning Employment of Children and attendance at School.
CHAPTER 494, 4 CTS OF 1898.
SECTION I changes from thirteen to fourteen the age below which no child shall be employed in a factory, work shop or mercantile establishment. It forbids his employment for wages while school is in session and all employment before s'x in the morning and after seven in the evening. It strikes out the re- quirement of thirty weeks' attendance at school during the year after a child is thirteen before he can be granted a certificate that he is fourteen, attendance now being required all the time up to fourteen.
SECT. 2 requires the employer to procure and keep on file and accessible to truant officers, the district police and in- spectors of factories, age and schooling certificates of all such children employed, the limits of age now being fourteen and sixteen years, instead of thirteen and six'een as heretofore ; also, to keep two lists of all such children, one on file as heretofore, the additional one co spicuously posted near the principal en- trance of the building in which such children are employed.
EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS. SECT. 2 requires all employers to keep on file a complete list of all minors employed who can- not read at sight and write simple sentences in the English lan- guage ; also, to send to the Sup. rintendent of schools the names
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of all such illiterate minors employed-new requirements appli- cable to persons from fourteen to twenty-one years of age.
SECT. 5 provides that before a child under sixteen can be granted an age and schooling certificate, he must present to the person authorized to issue the same, an employment ticket, duly filled out and signed The certificate is to be surrendered to the child when he leaves the employer's service; but if not claimed within thirty days from the ending of his service, it is to be returned by the employer to the superintendent of schools.
SECT. 7 renews old provisions that no minor who cannot read at sight and write simple sentences in the English lan- guage shall be employed wh le a public evening school is main- tained in the town in which he resides, unless he attends a day school, or has a permit issued by the superintendent of schools; or, unless his teacher certifies each week that he is in regular attendance at such evening school (not in attendance seventy per cent. of the time as he etofore).
SECT. 8 authorizes truant officers to visit factories, work- shops and manufacturing establishments without that special direction from the school committee which the old law required, and report any cases of illegal employment of minors to the School Committee and to the chief of the district police, or to the inspector of factories for the district. Complaints under this act are to be brought by inspectors of factories, not by truant officers.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES CHAP. 496.
SECT. II. No child who has not been duly vaccinated shall be a lmitted to a public school except upon presentation of a cer- tificate signed by a regular practising physician that such child is an unfit subject for vaccination. No child, who is a member of a household in which a person is sick with smallpox, diph- theria, scarlet fever or measles, or of a household exposed to
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contagion from a household as aforesaid, shall attend any public school during such sickness or until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the town, or from the attending physician of such sick person, stating in a case of smallpox, diphtheria or scarlet fever, that a period of at least two weeks, and in a case of measles a period of at least three days, has elapsed since the recovery, removal or death of such person, and that danger of the conveying of such disease by such child has passed.
SECT. 12 makes attendance upon a public school compul- sory, for all children between the ages of seven and fourteen years, during the entire time the public schools are in session, wi h no allowance for unexcused absence.
Excepted from these provisions are (a) children that are at- tending approved private day schools, or receiving instruction equal to that given in the public schools ; (b) children that are compelled by necessity to be absent, including children whose physical or mental condition renders their attendance inexpedi- ent or impracticable.
SECT. 26. Every habitual school offender, that is, every child under fourteen years of age who persistently violates the rea- sonable regulations of the school which he attends, or otherwise persistently misbehaves therein, so as to render himself a fit subject for exclusion therefrom, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, may be committed, if a boy, at the discretion of the court, to a county truant school for a period no exceeding two years, or to the Lyman school for boys, and, if a girl, to the state industrial school for girls, unless such child is placed on probation as provided for in section twenty-eight of this act.
SECT. 31. Any person having under his control a child between seven and fourteen years of age who fails for five day sessions or ten half day sessions within any period of six months while under such control, to cause such child to attend school as re-
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quired by section twelve of this act, the physical or mental con- dition of such child not being such as to render his attendance at school harmful or impracticable, upon complaint by a truant officer, and conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than twenty dollars. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to absent himself unlawfully from school, or employs or harbors while school is in session any child absent unlawfully from school, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
DUTIES OF TRUANT OFFCERS. Section 34 directs truant offi- cers to inquire into all cases arising under this act, and author- izes them to make complaints, serve processes and carry into execution judgements thereunder. They are to proceed direct- ly under the provisions of this act, by-laws having been done away with.
SECT. 22 requires that towns pay one dollar a week (instead of two as heretofore) for the maintenance of each child sent to a truant school.
SCHOOL CENSUS. SECT 16 provides that the school census shall include the names and ages, with such other facts as may be designated by the State Board of Education (a) of all persons between five and fifteen years of age, and (b) of all minors over fourteen years of age who cannot read at sight and write simple sentences in the English language, residing in town on the first day of September. The first census under this requirement is to be taken in September 1899.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN CLERK.
Town Clerk's Report.
Vital Statistics.
Number of marriages, births and deaths, in the town of Southbridge for the year ending December 31, 1898.
Numbers of marriages-
American,
22
French,
57
Irish,
13
Sweden, English,
I
Poland,
I
Scotch,
3
Austrian,
I
- 98
Number of Deaths-
American,
40
French,
122
Irish,
34
Sweden,
4
English,
12
Colored,
I
Scotch,
2
German,
I
-- 216
E
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Number of Births-
American,
4I
French,
217
Irish,
32
Sweden,
2
English,
3
Poland,
2
German,
2
Scotch,
2
Russian,
3
-- 304
Number of dogs licensed-
Males,
328
Females,
24
-- 352
Insurance on Town Property.
Town hall building and contents, $60,000 00
Boiler, town hall building, 5,000 00
Engine house and contents, Globe Village,
8,500 00
Engine house and contents, Central street, 4,000 00
Storage barn and contents near Main street,
1,900 00
Almshouse and contents,
10,300 00
Library building,
2,500 00
Printed books, etc., public library,
10,200 00
New school house, Marcy street,
20,000 CO
Brick school house, furniture, etc.,
7,000 00
School house, School street,
4,700 00
School house, Sandersdale,
2,000 00
School house, Union street,
2,000 00
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School house, Pleasant street,
2,000 00
School house, Elm street, 1,600 00
School house, near Morris street,
1,500 00
School house, Bacon district,
600 00
School house, Sumner district,
600 co
School house, Hooker district,
600 00
Armory, 5,500 00
$ 150,500 00
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR M. PHILLIPS,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
FIRE ENGINEERS.
In compliance with the usual custom relative to the Fire Department, we submit our fourth annual report for the year ending Feb. 28, 1899.
Accompanying this report is a correct record of the Depart- ment with the amount of expenditures, also what recommenda- tions we deem necessary for the best interests of the Depart- ment and Town
Manual Force
The Manual Force : Board of Engineers ; Chief, and four District Chiefs, two steam fire engine companies of fifteen men each, two hand hose companies manned by the two steam fire engine companies, two hook and ladder companies of ten men each, Superintendent of Fire Alarm, and fifteen horses subject to the call of the Department.
Roll Call of Fire Department.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS.
C. P. Phipps. Chief Engineer.
B. C. Stone, District Chief of Boxes 21, 23. 24
Patrick Flynn, District Chief of Boxes 25, 26, 28, 32.
George J. Lamoureux, District Chief of Boxes 41, 42, 43, 45, 46 and Private Boxes 31, 71, 72.
C. F. Marble, clerk and District Chief of Boxes 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39.
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STEAMER AND HOSE CO. NO. I.
M. L. Dillaber, Captain
H. A. Dresser,
W. R. Hager,
Geo. B. Works,
H. H. Clemence,
Lieutenant Clerk and Treasurer Engineer Assistant Engineer - Stoker
Steward
HOSEMEN ..
R. E. Moore, A. E. Davis,
H. C. Pellett,
Geo. T. Armes, C. F. Jordan,
H. M. Robinson.
A. L. Cozzens, W. E. Briggs,
Substitute, E. D. Chamberlain.
STEAMER AND HOSE CO. NO. 2.
John Hefner, - Captain
M. P. O'Shaughnessy, -
- Lieutenant
F. A. Wald, Clerk and Treasurer - Engineer
Geo. Simpson,
John Splaine, Assistant Engineer and Steward
Wm. Walters,
- - Stoker
HOSEMEN.
Douglas Hivan,
Wm. Crawford,
Jos. Rivers,
Stermius Herber,
Edward Splaine,
Luke Reilly,
Wm. Connolly,
Geo. Thayer, M. E. Walters,
Substitute, T. O'Shaughnessy.
HOOK AND LADDER CO. NO. I.
L. N. Duquette, Captain
Peter Caplette,
Lieutenant
-
Edward Hetu,
-
John Coggins, Louis Peloquin,
Clerk and Treasurer Frank Farro,
J. K. Egan, N. Gamache,
Thos. McGrath,
Jos. Lucia,
Substitutes, Alfred Deslauniers, Chas. Martel.
Jos. Bebo, -
Otto Carlson,
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS.
HOOK AND LADDER CO. NO. 2.
John Brennan,
Captain
John Hogan,
Lieutenant
John W. Smythe,
Wm. T. Kennedy,
H. E. Weld,
Clerk and Treasurer - Peter May,
Thos. Brennan, P. F. Delehanty,
Mich. Breen, Jos. Powers,
Substitutes, A. Holmes, H. C. Moynhan.
· Fires and Alarms.
There were eleven alarms, with one general alarm, also eight still alarms.
July 7, 1898, 3.15 p. m. Box 34. No. I companies responded. Fire in Hotel occupied by J. B. Degrenier owned by N. L'heureux. Damage $30. Insurance $4,000. Insurance paid $30. Recall 3.21 p. m. Cause, from over heated chimney.
Aug. 30, 8.25 p. m. Box 35. No. I companies responded. Fire in dwelling occupied by S. K. Edwards, owned by same. Damage $300. Insurance $4,500. Insurance paid $300. Recall 8.29 p. m. Cause, unknown.
Sept. 4, 3.32 a. m. Box 26. No. 2 companies responded. Re- call 3.40 a. m. False alarm.
Sept. 23, 2.07 p. m. Box 34. No. I companies responded. Fire in block owned by Wm. Comstock and occupied by John Bonnett and Wm. Green. Damage $345. Insurance $5,200. Insurance paid $245. Recall 2.25 p. m. Cause, from oil stove.
Oct. 26, 9.15 a. m. Box 24. No. 2 companies responded to a brush fire in the rear of Wm. Booth's house. Recall 9.20 a. m.
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Nov. 11, 6.05 p. m. Box 28. No. 2 companies responded. Fire in a dwelling owned by M. Marcy, est., and occupied by four families. No damage. Insurance $ 1,500. Insurance paid, none. Recall 6.11 p. m. Cause, chimney.
Dec. 5, 12.52 p. m. Box 42. No. I companies responed. Fire in dwelling owned by David Boucher. Occupied by French family. Damage $10. Insurance $1,000. Insurance paid $10. Recall 12.56 p. m. Cause, over heated chimney.
Dec. 7, 11.35 a. m. Box 28. No. 2 companies responded. Fire in Factory owned and occupied by the Southbridge Opt. Co. Damage $250. Insurance $31,500. Insurance paid $250. Recall 11.45 a. m. Cause, explosive fluid.
Dec. 13, 6.18 a. m. Box 34. No. I companies responed. Fire in Hotel occupied by G. W. Faulkner and owned by Geo. H. Hartwell. Damage $290.70. Insurance $ 15 500. In- surance paid $290.70. Recall 6.33 a. m. Cause, match thrown into bed.
Dec. 25, 6.22 p. m. Box 46. No. I companies responded. Fire in dwelling owned by Mrs. Jos. Theriault, occupied by two families. Damage $75. Insurance $1,000. Insur- ance paid $50 Recall 6.30 p. m. Cause, oil lamp.
Feb. 10, 1899, 9.40 p. m. Box 34. No. I companies responded. Fire in block owned by Eliza A. Pellett and occupied by H. C. Pellett & Co. Damage $6,366.52. Insurance $6,475. Insurance paid $6,366.50. This fire extended to the Whit- ford and Ellis Block. General alarm at 10 p m. Recall 2.03 a. m. Cause, ashes in wooden receptacle.
Appropriation and Expenditures.
Balance to credit of account March 1, 1898, $313 38
Appropriation at annual meeting, 1950 00
$2263 38
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EXPENDITURES.
John J. Bowlen, team,
$210 00
Hamilton Woolen Co., team,
III 00
WV. & W. A. Seavey, team,
101 00
N. S. Vial, team,
62 50
Gas & Electric Co.,
86 21
Southbridge Water Co.,
27 00
E. C. Ellis, coal,
34 80
WV. Booth,
80 50
Boston Woven & R. Co., hose,
285 95
N. E. Gamewell Co., fire alarm supplies,
338 48
C. S. Ayres, carpet,
16 39
IV. C. Lewis, supplies,
17 86
C. P. Phipps,
50 €8
R. Wardle, painting,
26 05
J. M & L. D. Clemence, lumber,
4 96
Geo. F. King & Co., flags,
13 00
Thos. Plant & Co., boots,
15 80
Hartford S. B. I. & I. Co., insurance, 25 00
C. F. Marble, freight and cartage,
10 57
Alex. Boyer, labor,
4 6S
J. B. Brousseau, repairs,
2 20
S. H. Davis & Co , dusters,
7 00
Otto Carlson, wood and supplies,
15 96
W. H. Clark, paper, 2 70
Geo S. Stone Co., repairs,
34 00
Geo L. Winter, supplies and repairs,
22 36
Robinson & Dougherty, printing,
4 50
Combination Ladder Co., coats and noz- zels, vitriol, 93 64
Alexander Bros .; caps, 102 50
J. B. Prescott & Son, zincs,
13 92
E. F. Dakin, record book, 4 85
Geo. B. Works, labor and supplies, 16 25
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Fire Dept. Pub. Co., fire record book,
5 00
American Optical Co., labor and repairs, 2 88
J. S. Gleason, supplies,
5 46
A. W. Paton, vitriol and soda,
22 03
Gleason & Bailey, repairing hose reel,
30 GO
Hamilton Woolen Co., changing whistle,
158 1I
$2065 79
Balance to credit of account,
$197 59
Salaried Account.
RECEIPTS.
By appropriation,
$1,910 00
EXPENDITURES.
Board of Engineers, Chief ($100) four assistants,
$25 00 each
$200 00
Two engineers for steamers,
100 00
200 00
Two assistant engineers for steamers,
50 00
100 00
Two stokers,
50 00
100 00
Two stewards,
75 00
150 00
Four captains,
35 00
.6
140 00
Four lieutenants,
30 00
120 00
Thirty-six hose and ladder men,
25 00
900 00
$1,910 00
Firemen's Relief Association.
Deposits in Bank Jan. Ist, 1899, 992 40
Amount drawn out during the year,
12 00
Balance,
$980 40
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Electrician's Report.
Gentlemen : The fire alarm system has given very good sat- isfaction this year and a number of changes have been made that have materially benefited it.
The Southbridge Gas & Electric Co. have had to change a number of their polls and when the fire alarm wires were re- placed they were put in a better position and now will be secure from trouble at these points.
We have had but one break in the line caused by intense cold, which snapped the wire on Hook street.
Early last summer it was thought advisable to change the cutouts in all the boxes and we had an expert come up from the factory and the results of his work were very gratify- ing. With the old cutouts the closing of the door would not always cut the box out of circuit, thus necessitating a heavier battery current and also exposing the magnets in the boxes to the danger of a burn out from lightning or cross wire.
The Globe Village whistle, which was over the boiler room in the Print works, where it was very hot and dusty, has been moved into another room and is now in a good position where it can be easily reached and kept clean.
The Indicator and Register voted for last spring have been put in and are very satisfactory.
When we get our new engine house, and it must be soon, for the old house is settling and cracking, the service can be further improved by the substitution of storage batteries for the gravity batteries now in use.
Supplies on hand : 24 jars, 10 saucers, 6 zincs, 23 coppers, I-2 bbl. sulp. copper.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW F. HALL.
Supt. Fire Alarm Telegraph.
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Water Supply.
I feel it my duty to keep before the citizens of the town, the condition of our water system. There are two parts of the town, namely : Plimpton and Pleasant streets, and Charlton road where there is no fire protection. And should a fire occur in either of these localities, the only way of getting a stream of of water on the fire, would be by using two steamers and thousands of feet of hose, which is not practical, and crip- ples the department, should another fire occur at the same time. We should have at least 12 hydrants in these localities. We also should have another line of hydrants on the opposite side of Main street The pipe being connected with the main coming down Hamilton street at Shepard's corner, and run as far as I. P. Hyde's house, giving us a hydrant at the head of Foster street, one at the head of Central street and one near Whitford & Ellis block. At the same time not reduciug the pressure of the main pipe. During the year, four new post hydrants have been added.
General Remarks.
The apparatus in service remains the same as last year, ex- cept during the last year owing to so much leather hose becom- ing unfit for service we purchased 500 feet of new double jacket to take its place. And this year about the same amount, for the same reason should be procured. The Board recommends the building of a new central station this spring. And as we have said before, the house on Central street is in a very delap- idated condition. Also our hook and ladd. r truck is kept where it cannot be taken care of as it should be.
I wish to say a few words in regard to the fire on Feb. Ioth, which taking into consideration that the night was the worst I have ever experienced, the men worked willingly and cheer-
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fully, but it was entirely out of the question to move with agili- ty. The fire had to be fought entirely from the exterior, and the ice on the ladders rendered them almost useless. And as soon as the hose were filled with water, and became wet, they stiffened to such a degree, that to move them from their origi- nal position was out of the question. The men were hampered in a great measure by their clothes, and those that used their rubber coats were no better off, for as soon as the water touched them, it froze before it could run off, and in a very short space of time the whole force was clad in a sheet of ice, with hands, feet, and face insensible from the cold.
And here is where we think that voters and tax payers should see to it, that the men should have a suitable place where they could all go and remove their coats before going home. Also a place where the hose could be taken in and thawed out at once, and be ready for service. As it was hun- dreds of feet were obliged to lay in the street until the next day before it could be taken in and cared for. Also our truck and ladders were covered with ice, for almost a week, before it could be removed.
We wish to thank the Board of Selectmen, Ex-Chiefs, and also the citizens for their able support at our Convention and Muster last fall.
This year we would recommend that the sum of $1,500 be appropriated for running expenses and hose. In conclusion I would thank the board of Engineers for their support, the mem- bers of each company, also the Stewards of the two houses, for their excellent care during the past year. Credit is due to those who furnished horses, for their promptness in responding to alarms. Also to the Superintendent of the Fire Alarm, and his assistant, for the excellent condition of the system.
Respectfully submitted,
C. P. PHIPPS, Chief.
C. F. MARBLE, Clerk.
CO. K, 6th MASS. INFT., U. S. VOLS.,
IN THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
[CONTRIBUTED BY CAPT U. A. GOODELL. ]
The President having issued the call for volunteers and the officers having met and volunteered the 6th Regt., the en- listment book was opened at the armory of Co. K on the even- ing of the 29th of April, 1898. Fifty-one names were secured that night, most of them members of Co. K, 6th Inft., M. V. M. Recruiting went on briskly for the next few days and the de- sired number, 77, was soon obtained. Knowing that upon the arrival of the regiment at South Framingham the men would have to pass a rigid examination, I applied to the Selectmen for doctors to examine the men, in order to save the expense of transporting the rejected' men back from camp. Drs. Reed and Genereux were supplied and the thoroughness of their work was proven, as we lost but two men in the physical examinations at camp. The men were not subjected to the eye test here as the requirements were not known. In this test we lost eight men, making in all ten rejected. Some companies lost thirty men in these examinations.
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